Evaluation of First Rescuer Interventions on Arrested Patients in In-patient and Out-patient Hospital Clinical Services: Observations of Anesthesia Technicians on Duty in the Code Blue Team

Andıran Şenaylı Y.

JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY MEDICINE, cilt.13, sa.6, ss.1117-1121, 2023 (Hakemli Dergi)

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 13 Sayı: 6
  • Basım Tarihi: 2023
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY MEDICINE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Index Copernicus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1117-1121
  • Yozgat Bozok Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Abstract

Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the observations and experiences of anesthesia technicians working in the Blue Code Team (BCT) regarding the interventions performed by the first rescuers in Blue Code (BC) calls and to identify their shortcomings.

Material and Method: Our study is a descriptive and cross-sectional study. The population of our study consisted of anesthesia technicians on BC calls in Turkey. The online questionnaire form included 44 questions, 9 of which were socio-demographic questions. Data were collected through social media and email between 01/02/2023 and 01/04/2023. The total number of anesthesia technicians in Turkey was found to be 382 with a margin of error of 0.05 at 95% confidence interval.

Results: The total number of anesthesia technicians in Turkey was found to be 382 with a margin of error of 0.05 at the 95% confidence interval. A total of 568 technicians were reached. The mean age of the participants was 27 ± 6.64 years. 72.9% of the participants were female, 63.0% were single, 59.7% had 0-4 years of work experience. It was found that 16.2% of the participants had no advanced life support training. Almost all responses to the questionnaire were found to have a high rate of deficiencies or errors. Particularly noteworthy parameters were that BC was given on "Monday" (74.6%), most BC was given in "internal medicine wards" (57.4%) and "no patient intervention" (10.0%), although low.

Conclusions: In this study, anesthesia technicians working in BCT were found to have a lack of training in advanced life support, there were deficiencies in the interventions performed by the first rescuers and some interventions were not performed. It is noteworthy that no procedures were initiated to intervene on patients. The frequent requests for BC from internal wards should be investigated in detail. In this way, many BC procedures can be terminated more successfully or the occurrence of BC can be prevented.

Keywords: Anesthesia technicians, blue code, cardiopulmonary arrest, first responder